Certified Surgical Technologist

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• ANCC Magnet designated UPMC Passavant is currently hiring a Full-Time Surgical Technologist to support our Operating Room at the McCandless location. Title and salary will be determined based upon education and experience.
• We are currently offering a generous sign-on bonus for all full-time Surgical Technologist positions!

The amount is dependent upon your years of Surgical Technology experience.

Sign-on bonus details:

+ 0-1 years of experience:

• 2-year commitment $10,000; 3-year commitment $12,000
• + 1-2 years of experience:
• 2-year commitment $12,000; 3-year commitment $17,000
• + 2+ years of experience:
• 2-year commitment $15,000; 3-year commitment $25,000

• Responsibilities:

• + Ensure all medications are labeled and handed to surgeon according to established policies and procedures.

+ Before an operation, help to prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions. Assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment. + Adjust and check equipment to ensure it is working properly. + During surgery, efficiently pass instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeons and surgeon assistants. + Hold retractors or instruments, cut sutures, sponge or suction the operative site under the supervision of the surgeon and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments. + Assist in the preparation, care for, and disposal of specimens taken for laboratory analysis and helps apply dressings. + Assist the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves. + After surgery, may help transfer patients to the recovery room. + Clean and restock the operating room. + Prepare patients for surgery by wash, shave, and ensure aseptic incision sites. + May transport patients to the operating room, help position them on the operating table and cover them with sterile surgical drapes. + Ensure clean, safe environment through continued alertness to safety and explosive hazards and aseptic technique. + Entry level job 0 - 2 years' experience + PA legislature House Bill 81 enacted 10/29/2020 and became effective 12/27/2020 + Must have completed program sponsored by nationally recognized institution + OR programmatic accreditation and maintains certification + OR has completed appropriate military training program + OR maintains certification from accredited program + OR was employed as a surg tech in a health care facility on or before effective date of the act (12/27/2020) + OR employed as a surg tech at another health care facility two years before effective date (12/27/2020). +

• Continuing education requirements:
• For individuals not certified - must complete 30 hours of continuing education every two years. +
• Specialty experience
• : Surgical specialties include but are not limited to general, orthopedic, vascular, plastic and reconstructive, obstetrics and gynecology, thoracic, ophthalmic, neurosurgery, organ procurement and endoscopic surgical settings. + Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse.

• Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• + Certified Surgical Technologists (CST) OR Tech in Surgery-Certified (TSC) within 6 months of program completion + Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) + Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal + Act 33 with renewal + Act 34 with renewal + Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal + Staff employed to practice surgical technology by the health care facility on or before the effective date of the law (12/27/2020) or who were employed as a surg tech at another health care facility two years before effective date of the law are grandfathered and therefore not required to have certification •UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran•